Key takeaways: Government lying played a huge role.... smithsonianmag.com/history/journa…
We have "“confine this disease to its present limits, and in this we are sure to be successful."....
" No fatalities have been recorded. No concern whatever is felt.”
We will "nip the epidemic in the bud.”
"“There is no cause for alarm if precautions are observed.”
"If ordinary precautions are observed there is no cause for alarm.”....
(an ode to Limbaugh, who said coronavirus was just a cold.) “Spanish influenza is plain la grippe—same old fever and chills.”
Because the fears of the disease were a "hoax" (kidding, thats Trump's words) a big parade was not canceled. Many people got infected there...
Which goes to the problem. Trump tells his followers that concern about the disease is "a hoax." Other members of the Admin say it is simply people trying to "bring down Trump." This constant refrain of "it's not real" is leading to Trumpers declaring it is false....
Coronavirus is 14 days. That means the number....
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